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Books Are My Bag Day - a celebration of brick And mortar bookstores across the UK - took place last Saturday. I travelled with Hachette's Kat to two London book stores (three, if you count our meeting point: Waterstones Trafalgar, where I signed a few Mr Pandas and Queen's Hat & Handbag books).

Our first visit was Goldsboro Books, a treasure trove of limited edition, rare and very special signed books. Did you know that they were the only bookshop in the World to have signed copies of The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, who of course turned out to be none other than J.K.Rowling? How amazing is that?

Kat and I could've easily spent hours perusing in Goldsboro. I definitely plan on returning!

Then we took the tube to Richmond to say hello to the friendly staff at Waterstones. I held an intimate reading of PLEASE MR PANDA and the newly-realesed-in-hardback The QUEEN'S HANDBAG. And I did a bit of drawing too, of course!

Below are some photos from our day. Thank you to Goldsboro and Waterstones Richmond and Kat!

Steve Antony

About steve antony

After taking redundancy from a call-centre, Steve pursued his dream job as an author and illustrator. Five years later, he has sold over one million picture books, won awards, and toured the world. Steve lives in Swindon UK, is Patron of Swindon Libraries Children's Services and designed their new children's library card. Steve plays an active role with the National Literacy Trust and Beanstalk. His Mr Panda series has been optioned for TV. He also illustrated Tim Minchin's When I Grow Up and a cover of The Famous Five.